Slavery and Colonial Rule in French West Africa

Slavery and Colonial Rule in French West Africa

by Martin A. Klein
ISBN-10:
0521593247
ISBN-13:
9780521593243
Pub. Date:
07/28/1998
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10:
0521593247
ISBN-13:
9780521593243
Pub. Date:
07/28/1998
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Slavery and Colonial Rule in French West Africa

Slavery and Colonial Rule in French West Africa

by Martin A. Klein

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Overview

Using oral sources, as well as official and missionary archives, Martin Klein describes the history of slavery during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in three former French colonies. He considers the impact of the Atlantic slave trade and the evolution of slavery both before the French and under their rule. While he discusses French policy, the main focus of the book is the constantly changing relationships between slave and master, and the attempts on the part of slaves to seek freedom, or autonomy where they remained in servitude.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521593243
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 07/28/1998
Series: African Studies , #94
Pages: 382
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.18(d)

Table of Contents

1. Slavery in the Western Sudan; 2. Abolition and retreat: Senegal, 1848–1876; 3. Slavery, slave-trading and social revolution; 4. Senegal after Brière; 5. Conquest of the Sudan: Desbordes to Archinard; 6. Senegal in the 1890s; 7. The end of the conquest; 8. The imposition of metropolitan priorities on slavery; 9. With smoke and mirrors: slavery and the conquest of Guinea; 10. The Banamba exodus; 11. French fears and the limits to an emancipation policy; 12. Looking for the tracks: how they did it; 13. After the war: renegotiating social relations; 14. A question of honour.
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